Pollution
Across
- 2. A type of pollutant concentrated in the tissues of shellfish
- 4. Heavy metals found in marine organisms as pollutants (7 letters)
- 5. This metal, along with mercury, is toxic to aquatic life (4 letters)
- 6. Substance used in agriculture that can leach into water, causing pollution
- 12. The general term for substances that harm the environment
- 14. sewage The term for untreated human or animal waste in water (9 letters)
- 15. A water pollutant often found near nuclear power plants
- 16. Organisms like sludge worms that thrive in polluted water
- 18. The effect of algal blooms on underwater plants
- 19. A gas produced by anaerobic respiration in cattle and flooded fields
Down
- 1. A pollutant that encourages the growth of algae and bacteria in water
- 3. Tiny organisms that respire anaerobically and contribute to pollution
- 7. The process of algae using up oxygen at night
- 8. Process by which fertilizers are washed into rivers and lakes
- 9. The type of oxygen depletion caused by high levels of organic waste (7 letters)
- 10. The element in fertilizers that leads to eutrophication
- 11. A condition caused by excessive nutrients in water, leading to algae blooms
- 13. waste The type of waste that includes paper and plastics
- 15. A visual pollutant that also contains harmful leaching chemicals (7 letters)
- 17. bloom The aquatic effect of fertilizers leading to plant and fish death